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A computer peripheral: a device which is attached to a computer to provide additional functionality, but which (in general) requires the computer to work.
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| x ZX Interface 1 |
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ZX Spectrum | TT Racer |
A peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer, the ZX Interface 1 was launched in 1983. Originally intended as a local area network interface for use in school classrooms, it was revised before launch to also act as the...
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| x ZX Printer |
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Sinclair ZX81 | Spark printer |
The Sinclair ZX Printer is a spark printer which was produced by Sinclair Research for its ZX81 home computer. It was launched in 1981, with a recommended retail price of £49.95.
The ZX Printer used special 4-inch (100 mm) wide black paper which was...
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| x Kempston Interface |
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ZX Spectrum | Kempston joystick interface |
The Kempston Interface, produced by Kempston Micro Electronics, was the generic name for any interface on Sinclair's ZX Spectrum series of computers that allowed joysticks complying with the de facto Atari 2600 standard to be used with the machine....
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| x ZX Microdrive |
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ZX Spectrum |
The ZX Microdrive was a magnetic tape data storage system launched in July 1983 by Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer. The Microdrive technology was later also used in the Sinclair QL and ICL One Per Desk personal computers.
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| x ZX Interface 2 |
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ZX Spectrum | Joystick interface |
The ZX Interface 2 was a peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum home computer released in September 1983. It had two joystick ports and a ROM cartridge slot, which offered instant loading times. The joystick ports were not compatible...
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| x Multiface 1 | ZX Spectrum |
The Multiface was a hardware peripheral released by Romantic Robot UK Ltd. for several 1980s home computers. The primary function of the device was to dump the computer's memory to external storage, and featured an iconic 'red button' that could be...
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| x Beta disc interface |
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ZX Spectrum |
Beta Disk Interface is a disk interface for ZX Spectrum computers. It was developed by Technology Research Ltd (United Kingdom), in 1984 and released in 1985 with price £109.25 (or £249.75 with one disk drive). Beta 128 Disk Interface is a 1987...
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| x DISCiPLE |
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ZX Spectrum | Floppy disk interface |
The DISCiPLE was a floppy disk interface for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer. Designed by Miles Gordon Technology, it was marketed by Rockfort Products and launched in 1986.
Like Sinclair's own ZX Interface 1, the DISCiPLE was a wedge-shaped...
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| x Magnum Light Phaser |
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ZX Spectrum | Light gun | Solar Invasion |
The Magnum Light Phaser is a light gun created in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum computer. A version was also released for the Commodore 64/128. It was Amstrad's last peripheral for the video game console. The Magnum Light Phaser in many ways resembles...
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| x +D | ZX Spectrum | Floppy disk interface |
The +D (or Plus D) was a floppy disk and printer interface for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer, developed as a successor to Miles Gordon Technology's earlier product, the DISCiPLE. It was designed to be smaller, cheaper, simpler and thus more...
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| x Rotronics Wafadrive |
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ZX Spectrum |
The Rotronics Wafadrive was a peripheral for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer, intended to compete with Sinclair's ZX Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive.
The Wafadrive comprised two continuous loop "stringy floppy" tape drives, an RS-232 interface...
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| x SpecDrum | ZX Spectrum |
SpecDrum was an inexpensive drum machine, which, unlike most standalone drum machines, was a peripheral for the popular Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer. It was released by Cheetah Marketing in 1986. It was notable for its low retail price of £29...
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| x Videoface | ZX Spectrum |
Videoface Digitiser is a video digitiser interface for Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer. It was produced by Data-Skip from The Netherlands and later on Romantic Robot from UK in 1987. It was originally sold for GBP 69, but price dropped to 30 GBP...
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| x Currah Microspeech | ZX Spectrum | Speech Synthesizer | Rockfall II | ||
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| Mr Wimpy | |||||
| The Evil Dead | |||||
| Hunchback | |||||
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| x Atari SF354 Microfloppy Disk Drive Single-Sided | Atari ST | ||||
| x Atari SF314 Microfloppy Disk Drive Double-Sided | Atari ST | ||||
| x Atari SH204 Hard Drive |
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| x Atari Mouse |
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| x ZX Lprint III | ZX Spectrum | Printer interface | |||
| x Multiface 128 | ZX Spectrum | ||||
| x Multiface +3 | ZX Spectrum | ||||
| x RamTurbo Interface | ZX Spectrum | Joystick interface | |||
| Kempston joystick interface | |||||
| x Comcon Joystick Interface | ZX Spectrum | Joystick interface | |||
| x AMX Mouse | ZX Spectrum | ||||
| x Fuller Box | ZX Spectrum | Sound interface | |||
| Fuller joystick interface | |||||
| x Commodore 1581 |
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Commodore 128 | Floppy disk interface |
The Commodore 1581 is a 3½ inch double sided double density floppy disk drive made by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) primarily for its C64 and C128 home/personal computers. The drive stores 800 kilobytes using an MFM encoding but format different...
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| x Commodore 1541 |
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Commodore 64 | Floppy disk interface |
The Commodore 1541 (also known as the CBM 1541 and VIC-1541) is a floppy disk drive (FDD) made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore's home computer. The best-known FDD for the C64, the 1541 is a single-sided 170 kilobyte...
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| x Commodore 1570 |
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The Commodore 1570 was a 5¼" floppy disk drive for the Commodore 128 home/personal computer. It was a single-sided, 170KB version of the double-sided Commodore 1571, released as a stopgap measure when Commodore International was unable to provide...
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| x Commodore 1571 |
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Commodore 64 | Floppy disk interface |
The Commodore 1571 was Commodore's high-end 5¼" floppy disk drive. With its double-sided drive mechanism, it had the ability to utilize double-sided, double-density (DS/DD) floppy disks natively. This was in contrast to its predecessors, the 1541...
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| x Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel |
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Racing Wheel | Forza Motorsport 2 |
The Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel was developed by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 and was introduced at E3 2006. Released in November 2006, the force feedback steering wheel controller includes the standard gamepad buttons along with floor-mounted...
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| x GunCon 2 | GunCon |
The Guncon 2 is a light gun developed by Namco for the PS2. It is connected to the PS2 via USB and connected to the TV through a special AV cable included with the Guncon 2. It does not work with Plasma or LCD televisions.
The following games are...
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| x DK Bongos |
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Donkey Kong Jungle Beat |
DK Bongos are bongo-like controllers for the Nintendo GameCube video game series Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2, Donkey Konga 3, and Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. There are two bongos, each shaped like a classic Donkey Kong barrel with a rubber drumskin...
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| x Wii Remote |
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Wii | Super Mario Galaxy |
The Wii Remote (Wiiリモコン, Uī Rimokon), also known colloquially as the Wiimote, is the primary controller for Nintendo's Wii console. A main feature of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and...
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| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | |||||
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | |||||
| Sonic Colors | |||||
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| x Guitar Hero Guitar | Guitar controller | Guitar Hero | |||
| Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | |||||
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| Frets on Fire | |||||
| Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | |||||
| x Joydick | Joystick |
The Joydick is a wearable haptic device for controlling video gameplay based on realtime male masturbation. Through the use of a carefully designed strap-on interface, the user’s penis is converted into a joystick capable of moving the character...
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| x Steel Battalion controller | Steel Battalion | ||||
| x Beatmania Controller |
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Beatmania |
The Beatmania Controller for Playstation by Konami (Sony ID: SLEH-00021, Konami product no. RU024) is used with the music video game Beatmania. It features a keyboard with 5 keys and a turntable-like platter. In Europe the controller and game disc...
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| x DECtalk |
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Speech Synthesizer |
DECtalk was a speech synthesizer and text-to-speech technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the early 1980s, based largely on the work of Dennis Klatt at MIT, whose source-filter algorithm was variously known as KlattTalk or MITalk....
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| x Wii Balance Board |
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Rock N’ Roll Climber |
The Wii Balance Board is a balance board accessory for the Nintendo Wii video game console. Along with Wii Fit, it was introduced on July 11, 2007 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. It was confirmed that the board not only is compatible with Wii...
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| x DivIDE | ZX Spectrum | IDE interface |
The DivIDE is an IDE interface for the ZX Spectrum.
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| x ZXATASP | ZX Spectrum | IDE interface |
The ZXATASP is an IDE interface for the ZX Spectrum.
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| x ZXCF | ZX Spectrum | IDE interface |
The ZXCF is an IDE interface for the ZX Spectrum.
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| x Melodik Interface | ZX Spectrum | Sound interface |
The Melodik Interface was a peripheral which added additional sound capabilities to the ZX Spectrum. It used the same AY-3-8912 chip and I/O port addresses as the AY interface built into the ZX Spectrum 128 and later models.
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| x Kempston Mouse Interface | ZX Spectrum |
The Kempston Mouse Interface allowed a mouse to be connected to the ZX Spectrum via a proprietary protocol.
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| x Spectranet | ZX Spectrum |
The Spectranet is a peripheral which adds Ethernet capabilities to the ZX Spectrum.
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| x TX-2 Tape System |
The TX-2 Tape System was a magnetic tape data storage technology from the late 1950s. It is the direct ancestor of LINCtape, used on the LINC laboratory computer.
The tape transports used in the system were made as simple and fool-proof as possible,...
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| x DECtape |
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Magnetic tape data storage |
DECtape, originally called "Microtape", was a magnetic tape data storage medium used with many Digital Equipment Corporation computers, including the PDP-6, PDP-8, LINC-8, PDP-10, PDP-11, PDP-12, and the PDP-15. On DEC's 32-bit systems, VAX/VMS...
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| x Wii MotionPlus |
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Wii |
The Wii MotionPlus (Wiiモーションプラス) is an expansion device for the Wii Remote video game controller for the Wii that allows it to more accurately capture complex motion. According to Nintendo, the sensor in the device supplements the accelerometer and...
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| x Classic Controller |
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The Classic Controller (クラシックコントローラ, Kurashikku Kontorōra) is a video game controller produced by Nintendo. It is used to play games on the Nintendo Wii video game console.
The Classic Controller is plugged into the Wii Remote in order to be used....
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| x WiiSpeak |
Wii Speak is a microphone accessory for Nintendo's Wii video game console. Connected to the console via USB, the device can be placed near the video display, allowing voice chat to be conducted with the entire room. The device features an LED to...
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| x Satellaview |
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Modem |
The Satellaview (サテラビュー, Saterabyū) is a satellite modem add-on for Nintendo's Super Famicom system that was released in Japan in 1995. Available for pre-release orders as early as February 13, 1995, the Satellaview retailed for between ¥14,000 and...
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| x EyeToy | Webcam |
The EyeToy is a color digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 2. The technology uses computer vision and Gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera. This allows players to interact with games using motion,...
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| x R.O.B. |
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Nintendo Entertainment System | Stack-Up |
R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), released in Japan as the Family Computer Robot (ファミリーコンピュータ ロボット), is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in July 1985 in Japan and later that year in North America. It had a short...
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| x 64 colour ULA | ZX Spectrum | Subacuatic |
The 64 colour ULA is a replacement ULA for the ZX Spectrum which allows 64 colours to be displayed on screen at once.
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| x NES Zapper |
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Light gun | Wild Gunman |
The NES Zapper, also known as the Beam Gun in Japan, is an electronic light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and the Japanese Famicom. It was released in Japan for the Famicom on February 18, 1984 (1984-02-18) and alongside...
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| x Apple Scanner |
In August 1988 Apple introduced the Apple Scanner. It was their first A4 (8.5 in × 14.0 in) flatbed scanner. It was capable of a 4-bit image with 16 levels of grey in a maximum resolution of 300 dpi. The scanner could complete a full scan in 20.4...
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| x SNES Mouse | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Mouse | Mario Paint |
The Super NES Mouse is a peripheral released by Nintendo in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Originally designed for use with the game Mario Paint, the SNES Mouse was sold in a bundle with the game and included a plastic...
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| x Super Gold Card | Sinclair QL | ||||
| x Trump Card | Sinclair QL | ||||
| x Gold Card | Sinclair QL | ||||
